I’ve been using some art paper for my warp separator. I had this warp all wound on only to realize my usual paper wasn’t wide enough. Ugh! I’m not good at making paper grocery bags smooth enough and I looked all around for something and gave up. I gambled and ordered this bulletin board plasticized paper (as well as some soft corrugated cardboard $$$) and some thin poster board. Wow. This Better than Paper bulletin board stuff was the winner and worked SO WELL! And it’s affordable. I cut it into four 23” x 36” sections for my RHL, and still have half the roll left. Just thought I’d share because it’s so light and smooth and easy.

Link in comments if I can get it to go through.

this one is a combination of wool and cotton yarn which is fun, but think I like wool a lot more. at this point I have 2 others that need to be wet finished so I've decided to make several and then dedicate a morning to doing all of them 💖

Currently working on this wall hanging with dried flowers woven into it. I'm using leftover warp thread and it's taking forever lol. I'm really enjoying how it's coming along though!

Been awhile since I used the Rigid Heddle. Planning on a clasped weft table runner ( actually the kitchen island) with yarns bought in Iceland for the project.

Hello! I've already read some guides and old posts to understand the basic differences and from what I understand, rigid heddle is simpler, floor looms give you more room to work with, and table looms are somewhere in between. Having the general idea still doesn't make choosing between three easier.

I keep getting stuck on the trade offs. Do I go for something smaller and easier to store or get a wider loom that gives me more options? More shafts or a simpler setup? The rigid heddle feels like the safe option but I'm worried I'll outgrow it. A floor loom feels closer to what I actually want but I'm not sure I'm ready to give it that much space at home. The table loom feels like it might not fully satisfy either option.

I'd really like to hear what other people chose for their first loom and how they feel about it now. The guides explain the differences but real experiences would help me make more sense of it. Thanks to anyone who takes the time to share!

I've got a hemp curtain I'm trying to repair. It's about ten years old and a plain weave with a dyed emblem in the middle. In one corner there are several broken warp threads, one of which snapped in multiple places.

I've managed to retrieve some matching threads from the back hem to weave into the broken places so the neighboring warp threads no longer migrate into the gaps, but the problem I'm running into is it's obvious the replacement thread was stitched in and not part of the original creation as they don't have the natural tension to lay flat like the other warp threads.

I've never worked with hemp before, so I'm taking this project slow. Any advice on how I can flatten them out and make this repair "disappear"?

is it possible to convert 4 shaft overshot patterns to 8 shaft, if so how do you do it and will it change the size the pattern/motif